Firebite (2021) s01e08 Episode Script

1 [Tyson hums song intro.]
[Tyson sings.]
Black boy Black boy The colour of your skin is your pride and joy Black boy Neeks? Neeks! What now? Come here, look.
I'm doing my history assignment.
Hey, true history happenin' right here.
What are you lookin' at? Satellite.
Nah, nah, nah.
Come here.
Look.
[Groans.]
What? [Tyson groans.]
There.
Look there.
See? But look wider.
See that dark emu? Don't look at the stars.
Look at the dark space around the star.
There.
You see him? He's beautiful.
[Tyson sighs.]
Our mob have been lookin' at that for 80,000 years.
Hey, you know what, some white fella comes along and calls it negative space.
Nah.
Nothin' negative about that.
Nothin' negative about being dark.
Hey, you know what they should call it? Tyson Walker space.
Ask me why.
- Why? - 'Cause I'm dark and deadly.
- [Laughs.]
- There? See, you're laughin'.
That's a dad joke.
Hey, look out.
She finally calls me Dad.
Thank you, daughter.
Oh, that bloody sucker got me! You're the one that got too close to his fangs.
Yeah, I'm the one that staked him good too, OK? - Where were you? - You told me to stay back.
You sure it's not a firebite? Neeks, don't even say that.
Do you know what to do with a firebite? I'm not talkin' about a scratch like this here, bub.
I'm talkin' about a firebite that turns you into a sucker.
All right? Hurts like hell.
Your blood's boilin', you're lost forever.
I never want that to happen to me.
You hear me? I never want that to happen to me.
I'd rather die.
So you don't hesitate, you don't ask any questions, you don't muck around.
Stake straight through the heart.
Even if it's me, bub.
Hero's life, Neeks.
You've gotta make those tough decisions.
You get me? Kill a firebite fast.
I got it.
Yeah.
See, you're like me: dark and deadly.
Here.
Pound it.
- No.
- Come on! - Nuh.
- Pound it! [Clicks tongue.]
Dolphin! Yeah.
[Laughs.]
[Dramatic music.]
[Chains rattle.]
[Eleona.]
Hey.
Shh, shh.
It's all right.
It's all right.
Shhh! Shh, shh.
I'm here.
I'm here.
I'm here.
I know.
Listen Listen to my voice, all right? You trust me, you trust my voice.
The darkness is going through your veins like fire and it is burning up your humanity and your memories, and it hurts now, but it will not last forever, OK? Don't fight it.
Those memories will come back in a few years, so no need to fight it now.
All right? You can trust me.
I'm gonna take care of you.
It's all right.
Shhh.
[Lucas.]
It's all I could salvage.
Hold still, hold still.
Tyson.
[Tyson snarls.]
Hey! Tyson! [Tyson snarls.]
Here! Tyson! [Heavy rock music.]
Tyson? [Intriguing music.]
["The Spirit Knows" by Goldminds plays.]
These spiral stairs Take me down [Rumbling.]
To the world Underground I'm chasing Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa! Tiger snake I need that poison In my veins [Intriguing music.]
[Car door shuts.]
[Keys jangle.]
[Groans.]
The traps.
Check the traps.
[Engine roars.]
Come on.
[Gasps.]
Come on.
All right.
Come on.
Here, watch your light.
[Groans.]
No! Come on, come on.
Quickly.
- [Tyson grunts.]
- Yeah.
- Shh, shh, shh, shh, shh.
- [Tyson pants.]
It's all right.
Let's get him out of that.
It's uncomfortable, isn't it? Yeah.
Here we go.
There we go.
Now, you show me your hands.
Show me your hands.
Come here.
Give me your hands.
That's right.
[Pants and grunts.]
You're a good boy.
Come on.
Come on.
Come on.
That's right.
Follow Mummy.
Follow Mummy.
Here we are.
- [Tyson pants.]
- I know.
Here.
[Tyson pants.]
[Door creaks.]
[Suspenseful music.]
Wait here.
[Tyson grunts forcefully.]
Well, this is perfect.
[Music plays nearby.]
Hey, El, not working at the bar today.
No, Razz.
Listen.
I got these opals.
I need to change them for cash so I can rent a room.
I got a heap more.
How much do you reckon I can get for these? Jeez.
If they're all like that, you could buy the whole place.
[Engine roars.]
[Suspenseful rock music.]
[Hinges creak.]
[Car door shuts.]
[Driving rock music.]
[King groans.]
[Weakly.]
Give me blood.
Where'd she take Tyson? - Blood.
- No! - Please? - Tell me where she would go! Where would she go? [Rock music.]
This all we got? That'll do.
It's only a few of us left, so we gotta be ready.
How's Rona? Left Smokey to watch her.
It's gonna be a long road, but They're making her comfortable.
Can't imagine what she's seen.
You heard from Shanika? I need to ask you questions.
Kitty, it'll just break your heart.
If I'm gonna stay, I need to know.
He got a firebite.
That's what the old fellas call it.
His body moves like his blood's on fire.
It's agony.
He's gone.
Can't we get him back? No.
So what do we do? Shanika's taking care of it.
Poor bastard.
He's gonna be wanting his own people's blood for eternity.
Loved that dickhead.
He knew.
He went thinkin' every woman in town loved him.
[Sniffs.]
You stay you fight.
[Dramatic music.]
[Vehicle approaches.]
[Car door opens.]
[Car door shuts.]
[Pants.]
Come on.
Come on.
Enough of that.
Here, drink.
Drink.
Hey, come on.
Drink! You need the blood, right? It's already helping to heal you.
Come on.
Yeah.
It's good, innit? Mmm.
That's right.
Hmm.
Very good.
All right, there you are.
- [Tyson groans.]
- Hey, hey, hey, hey.
Bad, bad, bad.
Don't snatch.
[Eleona.]
Need me to hold it, do you? Here, you try.
That's right.
Ahhh! Ahh.
[Lucas.]
This place is empty.
Lots of space.
[Tyson slurps.]
Think of what you could do and build.
Colony for the taking.
[Tyson slurps.]
You wanna see my fangs, Lucas?! Boo! You want others to do the hard, dirty work, don't you? Hmm? And then when things go bad, you can't be accused of any wrongdoing.
That falls on others, doesn't it? Some people would call that cowardly.
You're right, Eleona.
A colony would never follow me.
They follow power.
And they've seen yours.
But they'll never follow a vampire that doesn't kill.
[Matthew.]
Of course they won't.
You're pathetic.
Oh, Matthew.
Just leave it.
Leave us! I'll leave you, but I'm not leaving here without him.
[Snarls.]
You tainted our bloodline by turning a black.
Oh, of all the ignorant things! You bow down to this whore, Lucas? The King will have both your heads.
I don't see him around.
I'll find him and restore him.
[Growls, then snarls.]
[Flesh squelches.]
[Vampire gurgles.]
Pathetic! You don't even hide it anymore! [Groans.]
Go! Lucas, get him! [Snarls.]
Shh, shh, shh, shh.
It's all right.
[Matthew.]
We'll keep coming until you kill the dog.
OK.
Settle.
Settle.
- [Pants.]
- Listen.
Listen.
Calm.
You're all right.
Calm.
Settle.
Down.
Good.
Good boy.
That's right.
That's right.
Mummy's gonna get you some blood.
- [Tyson grunts.]
- It's all right.
Shhh! Shhh.
[Chains clink.]
[Flesh slices.]
[Chokes.]
[Makes guttural, choking noises.]
[Chokes.]
[Gasps for air.]
[Gasps for air.]
[Makes guttural noises.]
[Grunts softly.]
[Breathes deeply.]
[Gasps.]
[Wheezes.]
[Inhales deeply.]
[Exhales deeply.]
[Breathes shakily.]
[Dramatic music.]
That's some healing blood you have there, Shanika.
[Puts book down.]
[Thump!.]
I'm doin' the talking.
You came here on the first ships.
One of the first eleven.
Who sent you? Kings of distant lands.
Why'd you come? The empire enticed us with black blood.
You suckers need to learn your place.
We are superior in every way.
You're just food.
And you're just a disease.
Then why am I alive? Eleona.
She's taken Tyson and She turned him? Where will she have gone? Nah.
[Chains clink.]
Chains off first, then I'll tell you.
You'll kill me.
I won't.
You have my word.
We want the same thing, Shanika.
- [Suspenseful music.]
- [Pants.]
[Groans.]
[Pants.]
[King.]
You realise you have no time.
[Pants.]
Right this second, he's losing his human self, his identity, his memories, everything.
If he lives long enough, his memories will return.
[Pants.]
[King.]
But that's if he lives that long.
Soon he won't even know your name.
Or his.
How long's it take? Some can hold it for a few days, a week, even, but depends on their strength and I don't think he's got much of it.
Tyson's strong! Mmm.
Maybe.
And I'll stop you all! Stop being a child.
[Shanika groans.]
[Pants, then groans.]
[Grunts.]
[Shanika groans.]
You just lost control and it would've cost you your life if it wasn't for the fact that I'm a man of my word.
You have so much strength, Shanika.
I've known it since the first moment I saw you, but mentally and emotionally, you are weak.
And the only way you're going to get what you want is if you embrace your darkness.
That's where your power lies.
And I can help you with that.
[Chains clink.]
- [Rock music plays.]
- [Glasses and bottles clink.]
[Man slaps Eleona's butt.]
Nice.
You can't be behind here.
You can't tease me like that, sweet cheeks.
Unless you want to pay for a piece of that, eh? [Scoffs.]
You can't be behind here.
[Grunts, then snarls.]
I know your type.
Like to play hard to get, eh? - [Eleona screams.]
- [Thump!.]
Yeah, you're right.
You got me pegged.
Why don't we take this outside, yeah? [Laughs.]
Yeah.
All right.
I'm comin' for ya.
Get out of here.
[Man.]
Oooh! [Men cheer.]
[Kasey Chambers sings.]
Just like a child You've made up your mind You make it look easy - To leave me behind - [Tyson cackles.]
You're crossing a bridge - And you're crossing - Hero's life, Neeks.
A line You hold out your heart [Tyson.]
Neeks, look here.
Neeks.
Blood hunter.
The plan And call yourself A man But I ain't no little girl [Urinates.]
No, I ain't [Eleona.]
You getting ready for me, big boy? - [Man.]
Oh, yeah.
- [Eleona chuckles.]
Bloody waiting for you, baby.
Don't start all the fun without me.
I won't plead, I won't pray, I won't - [Man.]
Keep comin'.
- [Eleona chuckles.]
Keep comin'.
- You want me? - Oh, yeah.
- You want your power over me? - Yeah.
- Yeah? - Yeah.
- [Eleona.]
You want it your way? - Oh, yeah, baby.
[Eleona.]
You want me to do what you want? - [Man.]
Yeah, baby.
- Huh? All right.
How about I get on my knees? Oh, whatever you want, I'll do it for ya.
Hey? You want me to throw you around? But I ain't made of stone - [Snarls.]
- [Man screams.]
- [Flesh squelches.]
- [Man screams and shouts.]
But I ain't no little girl No, I ain't no little girl I won't break, I won't bend, I won't wait - [Snarls.]
- [Flesh squelches.]
[Lucas.]
Eleona.
With nothing to say [Lucas.]
You ready? Take me to them.
Ooh, oh-oh - [Lucas.]
Some leftover blood.
- We like black blood better.
[Eleona.]
Well, beggars can't be choosers.
[Man.]
Who says we beg? [Eleona.]
Me.
Listen, bitch, there is no more King.
We're going back to how we used to live.
This is our territory now.
[Laughs.]
[Flesh squelches.]
No, I ain't no little girl [Vampires snarl.]
No, I ain't no little girl [Eleona.]
You'll all be playing by my rules now, OK? I won't bend, I won't wait, I won't end up With nothing to say I won't break, I won't bend I won't wait, I won't end up With nothing to say My daughter.
[Kitty.]
She's doin' good.
She's fighting.
I can see where you get it from.
I fucked up.
We never should have gone back down.
It's my fault Tyson's not here.
You did what you had to do for family.
So did Tyson.
[Intriguing music.]
Once upon a time, there was a dressmaker and she wanted a quiet life.
She wanted to raise her family in the Australian outback.
[Chuckles.]
She dismissed monsters as myth and legend.
And then he found her.
She thought monsters should be kept in the shadows.
But that's no place for monsters.
Tyson, come! Wait here.
[Tyson pants.]
- [Door opens.]
- [Man laughs.]
[Man 2.]
True God, bruh.
Your mob's full of it.
[Man.]
Oh, no, no, no, no.
You're the gobshite here, mate.
- Oh, whatever.
- [Eleona.]
Lads.
[Man.]
Hello, love.
We're lookin' for a room, if you got 'em.
Of course.
And you're right on time for dinner.
[Snarls.]
[Snarls.]
[Snarls.]
Who are you? I'm the fucking queen.
- What the fuck? - [Vampires snarl.]
[Man whimpers.]
[Man screams.]
[Tyson snarls.]
Come on, baby.
Come and try this black blood.
- Come closer.
- Brother! [Snarls and pants.]
Brother, don't, please.
Don't.
[Grunts.]
Don't.
I beg you.
[Growls.]
No! Please don't! No! Please, brother.
[Groans.]
Don't! Please! - [Groans.]
- [Man.]
I beg you, brother! [Groans.]
[Pants.]
Don't.
[Groans.]
Please, brother.
- [Flesh squelches.]
- [Man screams.]
Wait.
Was he I sat with him.
And I covered him up.
Thank you.
Well, we'll carve some stakes for you.
Anything else you need? - Me? - Yes, you.
Tyson taught you for a reason.
You're the next blood hunter.
Eh? What?! What did you say? That's man's business, not yours! She's more skilled than any male blood hunter I've seen.
- Yeah, right.
Get over here.
- And that's all our business.
If you don't like it, you can leave.
I'm out of here.
I'm making all the community decisions now.
- [Hector.]
Ohh! - I'll keep an eye on him.
I'm with you, Shanika.
We need to find Eleona.
- Go on.
I won't be long.
- [Tyson pants.]
Go on.
There you go.
[Cage door squeaks.]
Ellie? Are you bloody mad? - [Lock clicks.]
- What's he doing here?! Well, why, he's too young.
I can't leave him on his own.
[Spud.]
Well, he can't be left here.
Hey, Spud.
- [Cage rattles.]
- [Spud groans.]
Are we gonna have some sort of problem? [Spud.]
No.
No.
[Snarls.]
No.
No problem.
[Eleona.]
Oh, that's good.
[Groans.]
I'm gonna go get some blood from the fridge.
Why don't you two make friends? You remember Tyson.
What the fuck? [Snarls.]
Oh.
[Sniffs.]
Yeah.
OK.
[Tyson growls softly.]
[Snarls.]
["Bow Down" by Barkaa plays.]
Look, I ain't come to beat around about the dispossession I'm pent up with aggression bigger than your comprehension My bloodline stretches right back to that Malley, bruh And you got points but they ain't even valid, cunt I go to war every day, my black is uniform You say I'm fair-skinned, I say you're too gone [Gunshot booms.]
Everyone out now! And you ain't even know shit about it being hard They used to beat 'em and then rape 'em - And they took they kids - Except for you.
Tell me why I ain't got trauma in this life I lived I seen my brothers get ripped by the hands of white pigs I even went on a trip but I came back from it Salute the matriarchy, you ain't fuckin' with this Salute to all my tiddas who is handling bizz We ain't backing down to no - Where is she? - Patriarchal shit We come from strong bloodlines We was raised equipped Bow down [Grunts.]
I don't I don't know where she is.
Wrong answer.
She left She left early this morning before sunrise.
I don't know where she went! [Spud grunts and groans.]
Where is Tyson? - Where's she taken Tyson? - [Kitty cocks rifle.]
I'd answer the girl.
You don't wanna mess with Eleona.
She's different.
Scary.
[Pants.]
Take it from me.
I didn't ask you that.
Shh.
[Groans.]
Shhh! [Pants.]
[Snarling nearby.]
- [Snarls.]
- [Cage rattles.]
[Pants.]
[Sniffs.]
[Tyson continues sniffing.]
[Tyson pants.]
[Pants.]
[Grunts.]
[Snarls.]
Tyson.
[Growls.]
[Pants.]
- Hello, Tyson.
- [Tyson pants.]
[Tyson growls.]
Do it while we've got him cornered.
- [Tyson snarls.]
- It's not him, Shanika! [Grunts, then growls.]
[Growls.]
[Tyson pants.]
[Growls.]
- [Aunty Maria.]
Stay back! - [Tyson grunts.]
He's a vampire.
You know what needs to be done.
[Tyson growls.]
[Tyson pants.]
[Pants.]
[Shanika sings.]
Black boy Black boy [Snorts.]
The colour of your skin is your pride and joy Black boy Black boy The colour of your skin is your pride and joy [Pants.]
He's in there.
[Eleona.]
He's mine! [Tyson growls.]
Shanika.
Don't you worry.
I'm gonna take real good care of him.
You mob just don't get it.
Vampire or not, he's our blood.
He belongs with us.
[Pants.]
[Eleona.]
Shanika.
- Move! - [Tyson growls.]
- [Smokey.]
Move! - Quick! Take cover.
[Smokey.]
Move! Move! - [Eleona.]
Hey.
Hey.
- [Vampires snarl.]
[Eleona.]
Did that little girl upset you? Don't worry.
I'm here now.
[Smokey.]
Come on! [Suspenseful music.]
[Vampires snarl.]
- [Screams.]
- [Rock music plays on jukebox.]
[Screeches.]
["Out of Control" by Lime Spiders plays.]
In the land of a hundred thousand years There's a way to escape from all your fears [Grunts.]
Lift your mind to another plan [Grunts.]
Ugh! You wanna show me your tricks, little girl? All right.
Let's play.
In a try for another danger flight [Both grunt.]
The altitude so high that you're out of sight Splash down in the sea of love [Vampires snarl.]
[Grunts.]
[Grunts.]
Did Daddy teach you to fight like that, hey? Up in the engine room powered [Sniffs, then snarls.]
I've been teaching him a few things myself.
[Shanika grunts.]
In the control tower Wondering where we have been [Groans.]
- I'm out of control - [Shanika coughs.]
[Tyson growls.]
[Shouts.]
[Screams.]
Kitty! [Groans.]
[Tyson pants.]
Over you - [Shanika grunts.]
- [Eleona screams, then pants.]
[Shanika grunts.]
[Cries in pain.]
[Tyson growls.]
- [Tyson growls.]
- [Shanika pants.]
- [Tyson pants.]
- [Shanika.]
Tyson.
- [Tyson grunts.]
- Tyson! - [Tyson snarls.]
- It's me! [Snarls.]
Ah! [Growls.]
- [Snarls.]
- Don't do this! [Snarls.]
It's me.
Shanika.
[Snarls.]
You're not a monster! You're my dad.
[Snarls.]
Ah! Ah.
Ah.
- Yeah.
That's it.
It's me.
- [Tyson groans.]
[Groans.]
[Cocks rifle.]
Move outta the way! I've got a clear shot! No! Stop! He can hear me.
Tyson, enough! - [Tyson growls.]
- That is not allowed! [Snarls.]
Come! [Vampires snarl.]
Quick! There's more coming! - Get out of there! Come on! - Tyson, Tyson.
Tyson! No! Tyson! - No! - Let's go.
Let's go.
- [Shanika.]
No! - [Kitty.]
We gotta go, bub.
- [Shanika.]
Tyson! - [Smokey.]
There's too many.
Stay here.
Stay here! [Shanika continues shouting.]
[Pants.]
[Grunts.]
- [Shanika.]
Let me go! - [Tyson grunts.]
- Tyson! - [Aunty Maria.]
Come on! - Tyson! - Come on! - No! - Come on! [Suspenseful music.]
Sunlight, bitch.
This is my town now.
[Shanika.]
I said this isn't a story about a hero.
[Doors creak.]
[Shanika.]
I was wrong.
Hero.
Blood hunter.
Dickhead.
He's my dad and I'm gonna get him back.
[Rock music.]